Pete Carroll isn't ready to anoint Matt Flynn as the starting quarterback of the Seahawks. Flynn agreed to sign with Seattle over the weekend, choosing the team over Miami. "We now have the opportunity to make it an open competition," Carroll said. Tavaris Jackson is the incumbent starter for Seattle.

The three-year contract that Matt Flynn reached with the Seahawks over the weekend is worth $26 million, according to sources. Of that sum, $10 million is guaranteed. Flynn has served as the backup to Aaron Rodgers over the course of his career in the NFL, which has been spent entirely with Green Bay.

The Seahawks have agreed to a deal with free-agent quarterback Matt Flynn. Seattle is believed to have given Flynn a three-year contract. The contract is worth $26 million with $10 million guaranteed, according to a league source. Flynn agreed to a deal with Seattle after visiting both the Seahawks and the Dolphins over the past week.

With Peyton Manning no longer an option, the Dolphins are now the favorites to land free-agent quarterback Matt Flynn, according to sources. Flynn was scheduled to visit Miami by the weekend after concluding a visit with Seattle.

Matt Flynn began a visit with the Seahawks on Thursday and it will extend into Friday, according to a league source. Flynn is expected to travel to Miami once he finishes in Seattle. The Dolphins will likely pursue Flynn if Peyton Manning passes them over.

Former Pro Bowl guard Steve Hutchinson, who was visiting his former team, the Seahawks, has reached a three-year agreement with the Titans, according to a source.

Steve Hutchinson, the seven-time Pro Bowl guard who was released by the Vikings last week, is visiting with the Seahawks. Hutchinson left Seattle six years ago to sign with Minnesota. He was a restricted free agent, and he and the Vikings agreed to a seven-year, $49 million deal with a "poison pill" that prevented the Seahawks from matching.

The Vikings have reportedly reached an agreement with John Carlson on a five-year, $25 million deal. The deal includes $11 million in guaranteed money for the tight end. The Minnesota native missed all of the 2011 season with the Seahawks because of a torn labrum.

The Seahawks have re-signed defensive tackle Red Bryant to a five-year, $35 million deal with $14.5 million in guarantees, according to league sources. Seattle selected Bryant, 27, in the fourth round of the 2008 draft.

Chad Henne is scheduled to visit with the Jaguars and Seahawks with free agency underway. The Jets were expected to be a suitor for the quarterback, but the possibility disappeared when New York signed Mark Sanchez to a contract extension.